"Upon arrival, I was met by the occupants, who informed me that all the occupants were out of the structure, so at that point in time, we were just looking to fight the fire," Walker said.

One of the four people in the home at the time was injured.

"We had one resident who was injured," Walker said. "She received a laceration to her arm from a broken window."

Investigators are still trying to determine a cause, but they believe the fire might have been started by a pan left on a stove. The resident of that apartment had left for work by the time the fire was reported.

The fire went to four alarms, and officials said getting water to the remote house was a challenge. Walker said there were also problems posed by the house itself.

"As an older building, you have the problem with construction, what's called a balloon-frame construction, so immediately, you get fire transmission from the basement or lower levels up," he said.

It took firefighters about two hours to get the fire under control, and no firefighters were injured. Although the area is heavily wooded, because of recent heavy rains, there wasn't a concern about brush fires.

This was the second time in a year firefighters were called to the home. The first time, they worked with the homeowner to replace and reposition some smoke detectors. Walker said one of those smoke detectors went off Tuesday and might have saved some lives.